The Sun. — London, England, 1838-07-30 00:00:00

• nation ; and I shall, therefore, give you, with the greatest r espect and cordiality—Her Royal Highness the Duchess o f Kent, and the rest of the Royal Family.—(Loud and %. tment che er i ng, f o ll owed b y a salute of Tura.)t. 'Ai' R. O TWAY aga 7 n rose and said,—Gentlemen, the ja-1 of our distinguished v i s it or i s li m i te d, an d I s h a ll , therefore be brief.- I have now the honour to propose to You the h ea l t h of our illustrious visitor, the hero of a thousand battles, Marshal Soult.—( Immense cheering.) Pr ou d as I am of the distinguishel station which I hold in ° u " beloved Queen's syrvice and h ouse h o ld, I am hardly l ess proud of the honour of receiving on board her Maj/s -tY's ship the illustrious stranger who sits on my right hand Were once applied to W as hi ng t on t h e Ci nc i nna t us o f Arnerica— Crzdled in arms, a soldier from his birth, ( 1 -0 t Ile stands the a w e and gory of the earth." id cheers.) These lines are perfectly appropriate to toourr d.istinguished who, I trust, will carry with him k i t l ace h such i mpress i ons o f the reception he has met of Pere, as must cement more closely than ever the ties u " l itY and friendship between the two countries. ear, and cheers.) •) It once said by Frederick the Gr _ ,ers. was eat, king of Prussia, that if he w:re King of France not; musket should be fired in Europe without Iris per- G l i l i ss itt• If this be so, now that we have established tin larnee perpetuel entre France et I Anp_leterre, I have ° 'ears that the peace of Europe will be for many Years and disturb e d. I spea k i n t h e presence o f many m ili tary onaval o ffi cers, an d perhaps i t may b e sa id aga i nst my w l (H l nterests for our tr a d e i s wa r ; but I am for peace— ear and cheers)—lasting and perpetual peace, between th e h t wo great nat i ons o f F rance an d E ng l an d. G en tl emen , Ive recei ve d many proofs o f t h e h onoura bl e an d gene ;°lls character of the French people, and the sword which w ha ngs by my side is an illustration of this feeling on habit m part s ; f or it was presented to eby the French in ants of M ar ti n i que , as a mar k o f t h e i r esteem, at a kil n(' when England and France were hostile to each other. :: - (Cheers.) I now g i ve you, w.th every feeling of respect ..)(1 esteem, th e h ea l t h o f hi s E xce ll ency Marshal Soult, -Duk e of Dalmatir, and may he long live to enjoy his well earned laurels, TLe toast was drank with three times three, and great %%Use. A salute of cannon followed, and a gust of wind having carried the smoke through the cabin windows, the gallant A dmiral observed that he would make no apology to the i\larshal, as the smell of gunpowder must he familiar to hi m , and must be reviving to the heart of an old soldier. Marsh a l S oursr p l ace d hi s h an d upon his heart in acknow ledgement of the compliment, and immediately rose to re '''ru thanks fur the honour paid him. He had received the most cordi a l a nd flattering reception in every part of Eng land, an d h e s h ou ld not f a il t o re p o rt t o hi s S overeign, t h e d and cordial manner it, which his old friend Admiral Otway had welcomed him at Sheerness. He hoped that Dace and filendship would be hereafter cultivated between tng;and and France ; that all rivalry, except the generous rivalry of two friendly Powers in the arts of peace would ease, and he felt much pleasure in drinking the health of all th e Naval and Military Officers present.—(Cheers.) Th e ADMIRAL then proposed the health of Sir Philip Durham, Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth, who had some over expressly from that station to do honour to the ('Gallant Marshal on his departure from this country.— Cheers.) Admiral DURHAM returned thanks. In the name of t t lie military, nava l , an d c i v il departments of the port, he s e gged lea ve t o return t h an k s to the Marshal and his i v ri.end s , for the honour they had conferred on them, in w i no the docks and arsenal of Sheerness.—(Hear, hear.) ircould assure th e ill ustr i ous strangers, t h at t h at atten hfr' on th e i r p arts wou ld not h e l ost upon the English rc , °l "le•—(Che ers .) H e w i s h e d hi s E xce ll ency and suite a t 'e and s p ee dy passage home ; and when they r e t urne d to heir a b le and enlightened Monarch, whom he had no d ou b t providence h ad sent to them for the regeneration of France, :_ t o the peace and happiness of Europe, he trusted they Ruld be able to tell him, from the reception they had met o t h in ev ery part o f E ng l an d, th a t the Briti s h na ti on was (4 insen s ibl e to t h e h onour h e h a d d one it i n sen di ng suc h t re presentative.—(lmmense cheering.) He was aware i at the Marsh a l was pressed for time, and as many corn 111)Lihalenrs, had been already paid him, much better than any Excellency could express, he would merely conclude by wishing his ,‘,ealth and happiness.—(Great cheering.) 'Marshal s o ursr rose and said, that he regretted ex slet,d_iagly b e ing oblige d to depart, but he could not retire a :lout gi v i ng them the cc Health of Lady Otway and her 1 / I ,`!ble and lovely daughters."—(Tremendous cheers.) „, ' l r ROBERT °TWAY returned thanks in an appropriate the The Mar qu i s D E MORNAY sa i d they could not take _ e ir leav e w i thout again thanking the brave English p .t o r ple for the kind and h osp i ta bl e recept i on they had met h He trusted an opportunity would be afforded himself_ and his countrymen of repaying it at some future _ l n ie. He would give them, with every feeling of sincere . r egard, the health of the English people, and the English and . l; ‘rench Navy united.—(Great cheering.) di.‘ 1 ,11.5 racellency then took his leave, shaking hands cor et'Y with Sir Robert, to whom, he said, he had been in ii„`ed for one of the happiest and most delightful days he 11°gu passed since his arrival in England, and that he should o t _ .. ta,il to rep or t to hi s Majesty Louis Philippe the attcn 'e had rece i ved. thel4 b Was rath er a cur i ous co i nc i dence that at the moment tervaMarshal rose to propose the health of Lady Otway, a rare " nt ente re d t h e ca bi n with a magnificent b ouquet o f "ie flowe rs , as a g ift f rom h er L a d ysh i p to his e ellen e y nri The d istinguished visitors the n l e ft th e ship in the Ad tbe u arge, u n d er a sa l u t e o f guns, and about one o'clo c k o l ' o retich steam- b oats got under weigh. the spassing the H owe th e yar d s an d rigg i ng were manned, th e l A ) la r ines and guard of the 56th presented arms, and hd Playing th e N at i ona l A nthem —three loud 4eheerearty cheers were given by the officers and crew—the in„,' l,l * was re-echoed from the piers, and the other vessels tlisa. ta 4 the h ar b our—and these were followed by the Drop,.i 4 l P of cann on , f orm i ng a most brilliant andap: ris oto close t o t h e v i s i t of h i s Excellency to till's 1 414 3 .. N otwithstanding a heavy shower of rain was the at the ti me, h i s Excellency and suite remained upon tb a ,,. 0 7 of the steamer, returning the salute of the British ces se i w ar, and t h e l ast gun from the steamer hal not ti ler ... t o reverb erate when the party were far down the un their way to the French coast. t is i‘e e, who frequently h not generally known that the Princess .. liolten accompanies her Majesty in her rides, 1; the halr sisterof the Queen, and daughter of the • wallseli,e.%coft‘Elent. The Duchess of Kent's first husband Ito _e ,rnieh Charles of Leiningen. By this issue,mar ,',4Fe, which took _place,..December 9 1,1803, she had 113., ! eriioneinegCenha;rlaens(lFrAedenr e ick William, the present Prince of Feodoronna Augusta Charlotte, 1)(n.4 December 7, n lBO7, who married, Feb. 18, 18, Princess Ernest C harles of Holtenlohe (Langenburg.) The_ r husb and Hohenloh . is thirty years of age ; and he ---‘lnd Who L i_ • ' 1794, i s forty-four years or ' was [mill in age. The first branch of the Holienlohe family, that I Nuenstein, ara all Lutheran ; and two families l' e t t i h l e second branch, that of Waldenburgh, are L Roman i, 14 4-" , , ° l li c• It is to the head of the first andof Leiningen, tio r : v rt s,', l of the family that the Princess Anne • •,,crincess Hohenlolie, is martied. nla tt e Duke of Saxe-Cobou rg, who has just been - d e ,a Knight of the Garter, is the unc!e of the Queen, 414 ;', tne eldst brother of the King of Belgium. He was 4} 1''' ,,. 4 ; 41 784. ' A sister of the Duke, Juliana Henrietta,. , --rte d the Grand Duke Constantine of Russia, from Iv'til her Highness separated April 2, 1820. ~,, Three works of high interest are announced to ap• 1‘ ,...2"ng the ensuing week by Mr. Colturn, of Great Marlborough. I t t , -- ' , The first is Lord Lindsaylletters on Egypt, Edom, and the ._'.4.13' Land. The second is,tifi result of Mr. Urquhart's diplomatic tr%sion to th e East, aegse - which is expected to throw far more light on t?. rea l state of those countries than any that has hitherto:been pro. -,7 the The third work is the Expedition of Discovery to the countries c. Great Nam aquas, Boschmans, and Ilill Damaras, performed by ih ',.!in Alexander, under the auspices of the British Government and w Royal Geographical Society. • On Friday evening, between eight and nine o ' clock, 4 respectable Yonng man named Henry Thurston was in a l ivhe t rry„row li ng down the River. lea, he was overtaken by a snicnea•rlY opposite Tuggy's Mi I, c a Batter. , Dearance of " Man. of. war' I lr, In Which were two men having the .I - di. a tri "E" The skiff fouled the wherry, and a pute arose, Thurston alleging tithe men struck him a violent glory it had been purposely . done. . One then seixed his coat and waiscoat:Ay nn the fare with his clenched fist, which were lying in the stern of the Wherry, and with all possible speed • caut ion, in order to prevent pursuit, to were away, first taking the pre. throw one of the sculls belonging ts the wherry into the River. In the pocket s of the waist c ,at were a etal Watch and a purse containing nine shillings and sixpence. The " 4 t Was nearly new. RAILWAY COMMUNICATION. --We have now 4 eert • cit y ainty of soon seeing Edinburgh and Glasgow made in . a manner o t ne . i ., .• Railway communication unites the advantages j;°.lection of great masses on one spot, with the advg" derived from the vs aVi ng a large space at command. They are theautaedodife:l,:itevre:,ecitiftrinnmgd c`::t_tlB,l economical arrangements. We look upon meanshi W _ 4 . glow Railway as merely a beginning Turning our eyes to thertfutuare ta y s, lrt .e t.st. argue from what exists to what is to come. Already is New.: sii'll, Join with Carlisle by means of a railway. Ere lon. Lancashire In _ be Joined to Carlisle by means of a railway. The easter;and wes t ern I,:itinUfacturing districts of England will be united—Carlisle being tie tti,,_ t . of itinction. The next natural step is to bring the manufaetgurini 11 ,2,.r . iet of Scotland into the combination. Nature itself points out the g i,'_'3,, Man is already advancing along it. The valley of the Nith, with Zs, faXrcellent curves and low summit level, invites to the expriment% and Nv h _, 7.Kilrnarnock a railway may be considered as already in progress 4::kh:.7?. li.return to this subject : meanwhile we remark, for the benefit of .'eanit(cls along the line, that unless they give up their Corn laws, their l 't ,, t !reams of a'railway can never be realised. Glasgow ilrgus. °n t {, Thursday evening a disttessing accident occurred I,,nirie Railway, near Musselburgh. A young man named Rintoul, be. b r a g 1 _ : vr e believe to Edinburgh, was throwir from one of the carriages ac";one _P_r_st With whom he had quarrelled, and falling beneith the wheels, 404riahz thighs was broken, and the other limb severely injured. . i'''' Co Ui .LAR The Queen will hold a Privy Council this afternoon, at the New Palace. Her Majesty and her august mother attended divine service yesterday morning°, in the Chapel Royal. St. James's. The sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. Slew'', who took his text from Sr. John, chdp t3d, verse 15. The prayers were read by the Rev. R. H. Barham ; the lessons by the Rev. .1. V. Povah ; and the altar service by the Rev. Dr. Sleuth, the Rev. Messrs. Povah and Barham. The musical service was King's in C. The Sanctus and Responses , 7vere corn posed by the Earl of Wilton, and the Noble Earl presided at the organ during their performance. The anthem, " I will sing of thy power" (Greene) was full, with a semi-chorus. Mr. J. B. Sale presided at the organ. The Dean of Here ford was the Clerk of the Closet in Waiting. Her Majesty was accompanied by the Princess Hohenlohe. In the Royal suite were the Countess of Charlemont, Lady Flora Hast ings, Hon. Miss Cocks, Lady Caroline Barrington, the Mar quis of H( adfort, Hon. C. A. Murray, Hon. W. Coopor, and Colonel Buckley. Lords Plunkett, Vernon, Bandon, Clarendon, Roden, and Orkney, were amongst the nobility present. • After the service her Majesty and suite returned in three carriages, to the New Palace. The Qip en honoured the performance of Lucia di Lam mermoor, at her Majesty's Theatre, on Saturday evening, with her presence. Her Majesty was accompanied by the Duchess of Kent and the Princess hlohenlohe. The Royal suite in cluded the C o unt ess o f Ch ar l emont, L a d y Flora Hastings, the Hon. Miss Cocks, Lady Caroline Barrington, Marquis of Conyngham, Marquis of Headfort, the Hon. W. Cowper, and Colonel Buckley. The Princess Augusta of Cambridge was also present at the performance. The Queen rode on horseback on Saturday afternoon, up wards of two hours. Her Majesty was attended by the Hon. Miss Cocks, Baroness Lehzen, Miss Quentin, Marquis of Headford, Earl of Uxbridge, the Hon. Colonel Cavendish, Colonel Buckley, and Lord Alfred Paget. Vismunt Melbourne had an audience of Ler Majesty on Saturday. The 'Netherlands Ambassador Extraordinary and the Baroness de Capellan, the Portuguese Ambassador Extraor dinary, and the Duchess de Palmella, had audiences of the Duchess of Kent on Saturday afternoon, at the New Palace, to take leave of Her Royal Highness. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager and his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge attended Divine Service yesterday morning, in Kew Church. Her Majesty afterwards returned to Bushy Park, and his Royal Highness to town. The Netherlands Ambassador and Baroness de Capellen, Prince de Putbus, Prussian Ambassador, Count Alten, Hano verian Ambassador, the Sardsnian Ambassador, and Mar chioness de B:ignole, Count de Lowenhielm, Swedish Am bassador, the Portuguese Ambassador, and the Duchess de Palmella, and Marshal Soult, French Ambassador, attended by their respective suites, visited the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on Friday, at Cambridge House, to take leave of their Royal Highnesses. The Russian Ambassador and the Countess Strogonoff took leave of their Royal Highnesses yes terday. _ _ The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, accompanied by Prince George, and attended by Mies Kerr and Baron Knese beck, honoured the Duke of Wellington with their company on Saturday, at the grand dinner given by his Grace at Api:ley House. ."1),: Duchess of Cambridge and Prince George, attended by Miss Kerr and Baron Knesebeck, honoured the Countess of Wilton with their company, on Friday evening, at her Lady ship's residence, in Grosvenor. square. A Deputation of the Dublin and Kilkenny Railway Direc tors, consisting of Mr. H. Bainbridge (Chairman), Mr. John Maher, M. P., and Mr. Francis White, accompanied by Mr. P. Harte, Secretary, and Mr. H. Younge, Solicitor, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday in Downing-street. Mr. Samuel Trescott arrived in town on Saturday morning with dispatches from the Earl of Durham ;Governor-Ge neral of the Canadas. Mr. T. landed at Plymouth from her Majesty's ship Hercules, at eight, A. M., on Friday, and arrived at the Colonial-office at seven o'clock, A. m., on Sa turday morning. Mr. Trescott had an interview with Lord Glenelg. The Earl of Gosford, Sir Francis Head, and Mr. F. A. Wilson, had interviews with Viscount Melbourne in Downing. street on Saturday. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon at the Foreign-office. It was attended by Viscount Melbourne, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord John Russell, Viscount Palmerston, Lord Gleneig. the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Earl of Minto, Sir John Hobhouse, Lord Holland, and Mr. Poulet Thomson. The Council sat three hours. A Deputation, including Lord Chichester, Sir Robert In glis, and Mr. Coutts, had an interview with Lord Glenelg at the Colonial-office on Saturday. The Earl of Gosford, Mr. NV. Badgley, Mr. Cooper, and Mr. Ferrer, had also inter views with his Lordship on Saturday. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVAL. Mr. Henry Austen and Lady, at Farranee's Hotel, from Malta. DEPARTURES. The Marquis of Anglesey, from Uxbridge House, for West Cowes Castle, Isle of Wight; Lord and Lady Carnarvon and family, from Grosvenor-square, from Somersetshire; his Highness Prince Von Putbus, Count Hertzfeldt, from Mivart's Hotel, for the Hague ; the Marquis of Westminster, for his seat, Moor Park,' Rickmansworth, Herts ; Lord and Lady Charles Fitzroy, for Latimers, Bucks; Count Alten, Hano verian Ambassador Extraordinary ; Captain Baron Ompteda, from the St. James's Hotel, for Hanover; Lady Harriet Ben_ tiuck and family, for the Continent ; Captain Hay, from the St. James's Hotel ; Admiral Sir John Talbot, from ditto, on a tour; Baron Amstein, from the Carlton Hotel, for the Con tinent. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager entertained a sect of pirty at Bishy on Friday last. The Earl and Countess of Jersey were of the party. His Excellency the Duke de Palmella will give a grand farewell banquet this evening at his mansion in Arlington-street. His Excellency, accompanied by his Duchess and the noblemen and gentlemen forming his suite, will leave for Lisbon on Thursday next. Marshal Soult, Count Stroganoff, Earl Grey, and a distinguished party, dined with his Royal Highness the Duke of Sus. sex, on Thursday evenington, at Kensington Palace. The Duke of Wellington gave a sumptuous ban quet in the grand saloon of Apsley-house, on Saturday evening, to his Excellency the French Ambassador Extraordinary, Marshal Soult, at. tended by the Duke de Vicence, Mart.u.sses Mornay and Dalmatia, Prince and Princess SchwartzeLberg, Duke and Duchess of Palmella, Count Stroganoff, Count di Pozzo di Borgo, the L indgrave Charles of Furitenberg, the Duke and Duel e sof Buccleuch, Marquis and Mar chioness of Salisbury, Lord and Lady Mahon, Lord and Lady Lyndhur: t, Lord an.l Lady Beresford, Lord Hill, Lord and Lady Burghersh, Earl of Aberdeen, Earl and Countess of Mansfield, Sir Robert and Lady Peel, Lord and Lady Fitzroy Somerset, Lord and Lady Haddington, Count Lowenhielm, Swedish Envoy Extraordinary. The dinner was reeved on a massi?e service of gold and silver plate, and at the early hour of half-past ten the Marshal took leave of his illustrious host, and pro. ceded to the Tower to embark on boa r.l the Meteor French steamer for Bou log, sur- Mer. On Friday, Sir James and Lady Camac and daughters dined with his Royal Highness tha Prince of Ousle. The Earl and Countess of Chesterfield had a dinner party list evening at Citesterfield.h use. The Duke and Duchess cf Beaufort were among the guests. Lord and Lady Rolland had a large circle to dinner last eve Ling at liolland.hDUSC, Kensington, which inc:uded his Excel lency tho Duke de Palmel4t, Ambassador Extraordinary from Portugal, and the Duchess de ]'almella. The Duke and Duchess of Somerset gave a grand dinner at their delightful villa at Wimbledon, on Friday evening, to his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, Marshal Soult, Duke of Dalmatia, Lord John Churchill, the Marquis de Mornay, the Marquis Dalmatia, Lord and Lady Albemarle, and a distinguished par y. The illustrious Marshal remained at the villa until 10 o'clock, and having taken leave of his Noble host and hostess, returned to town, having paid them the c3mp:iment of dining twice in one week with their Graces. The Marquis of . Westminster's grand dinner on Friday evening, at Grosvenor House, was given to Prince George of Cambridge, Prince E;terhazy, Count Strogonoff, Count Lowenhielm, Baron Bulow, Marquis and Marchioness of Tavistock, Marquis o Douglas, &c. His Excellency Count Alten ( Ambassador Ex traordinary from Hanover) took his departure on Saturday, accom. panied by Baron de Alten, &iron d'Ompteda, Sir Julius Hat tmann, &c. 0_ 71 a:lover. His Excellency Prince Putbus (Ambassador Ex traordinary from Prussia,) accompanied by the following Noblemen, (attaches to the embassy,) Count de I'ourtales, Count tie BalistoriT, C unt de Hatz:eldt, Baron de Bergh, Baron de Salder Baron de KraF. sow, and M. de Schoenfeldt, left Mirart's Hot 1 n Saturday , for Ham:. burg, en route to Berlin. The Earl of Sandwich will shortly lead to the hymeneal altar Lady Mary Paget, one of the unmarried daughters of the Marquis of Angleaey, and sister of the Earl of Uxbridge, Lurd Alfre Paget, kc. Earl and Countess Bruce have left Paris for Milan, where a great many of our nobility have engaged mansions for three weeks or a month. Indeed that delightfully situated town will be quite a fashionable rendezvous for the month of September. The Earl and Countess of Jersey will shortly take their departure for Milan, to be present at the coronation of the Em. peror 01 Austria, and are not expected to return to this country until early in January. The Elrl and Countess of Leicester have left Ar -11,7t0n street, for their seat, Holkham Hall, Norfolk. The Countess of IVlinto and the Ladies Elliot have left the Admiralty for their seat, Minto Castle, Roxburgh. It is rutr.oured in the higher circles tho.t, the Earl of Cavan is not the only nobleman who is on the eve of taking a Countess from among the beauties of Staffordshire. A young Scotch Earl, at present a subaltern in a Dragoon Regiment, but presumptive heir to a Dukedom, is said to have solicited the hand of one of the fairest belles cf the county.—Staffifrrdshirc Advertiser. The sale of the Carleon Priory is delayed—if not postponed for ever. The Monmouth Merlin of last week gave the foL lowing version of the matter:—" TIIE PRIORY CARLEON.—Many of our readers will be glad to hear that the sale of the Priory and of the other estates in the neighbourhood of Carleon, belonging to Thomas Hooper, Esq., which were advertised to be sold in the month of August next, under the auspices of that ' Prince of Auctioneers,' George Robins, is deferred sine die. Mr. Hooper, it seems has considered that the at tractions of Hardington Park jgreat as they unquestionably must be to a staunch and zealous sportsman) not afford perpetual compensaticn for the loss of those comforts and enjoyments which centre in dear, delightful home,' consecrated by a thousand plehsures and recollections 11, t to be met with elsewhere. Of M r . H ooper ' s ` secon d th oug hts,' we highly approve. It would have sorely grieve:d us to lose from the neigh- bourhood a gentleman whose kindness of heart and urbanity of con duct, have ensured him the respect and esteem of all his acquaintence." Wheat w as so ld i n our mar k et l ast - Saturday for I Os, 6d, per bushel—Taunton Courier. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. HIPPODROME RA CES.—S4TUI?Dd r. The Welter Stakes, of 10 sovs. each, and 10 added by the Pro prietor of the Hippodrome, free for any horse carrying 12st. Half-bred horses allowed 101bs. Heats, the Mile Course : Mr. Barker's b. h. Reform Owner .Mr. Coleman's ch. g. Contriver The following also started, but were not placed :—Mr. Parry's hr. m. Chance, by Lottery, Mr. Line's br. g. Townsend, and Mr. Turner's Blue Ruin. The first heat won easy, the second cleverly. The Welcome Handicap. Heats, the Mile Course. Pauline May 0 1 1 Pumpkin 0 2 2 Mr. Bramble Contriver 2 dr Colverstown 0 dr Pauline did not start for the first heat, won the others cleverly. The Screw Stakes of 15 soya. each, and 13 added by the Proprietor of the Hippodrome, for any horse, list. 71b. each. Half-bred horses flowed 71bs; and horses having started, and not won, for once 31bs, twice, 71bs, and thrice 101bs, &c. Heats, the Mile Course, over two hurdles in each heat. Mr. Bruce's b. g. Spicey Bill, aged Oliver Mr. Green's b. c. Duchess, aged ... Mr. Webb's ch. g. Buffalo, aged .. 2 2 3 dr STAMFORD RACES, FRIDAY. Handicap Sweepstakes of 5 sous. each, with 25 added, for three years old and upwards. New mile. Lord Granby's Ann Boleyn, 3 yrs, 7st Mr. J. Edwards's gr. f. by Gustavus, 3 yrs, 6st. 101 b 2 The following also started, but were not placed :—Mr. Lacey's Capulet, 4 yrs, 9st; and Mr. Lacey's ch. c. Vain, 3 yrs, 7st. 21b. The Noblemen and Gentlemen's Plate of 501. ; three yrs old, 6st. 121 b; four, Bst. 71b; five, 9st. 31b; six, Bst. 81b; and aged, 9st. 101 b. Heats, twice round. The winner to be sold for 150/., &c. Lord Exeter's Elf, 3 yrs .. Mr. Lacey's Capulet, 4 yrs (fell lame in thesecond heat) ... 0 Mr. Sprig gs ' s H ar l equ i n , 6 yrs 3 dr Mr. J. Edwards's gr. f. by Gustavus, 3 yrs bolted The Farmers' Plate, by Subscribers of 2 sous. each, with 40 sous. added by the Members of the Cottesmore and Fitzwilliam Hunts, for horses not thorough-bred, bred and the property of Farmers resident. within 15 miles of Stamford ; three yrs old, lOst ; four, 11 st ; five, I Ist. 111 b ; six and aged, 12st. 21b. Heats, once round and a distance. The winner to be sold for 80 sous. Mr. Spriggs's gr. g. Gameboy, aged Mr. J. Merry's b. m. Matilda, 5 yrs 4 1 2 Mr. Whincup's ch. g. Ivan, 6 yrs Mr. J. Wilder's ch. g. Lottery KINGTON RACES, WEDNESDA r. Sweepstakes of 3 sov. each, with 50 added. Mr. Harris's b. g. Barclay Hardy 1 1 Mr. Smithie's b. g. Dr. Faustus Mr. Tranter's b. g. Cholstrey The Farmers' Stakes of 2 sov. each, and 25 added. Tranter's b. g. Choldstrey Weyman's ch. g. by Eastgrove Smith's b. m. Gorsebush 1 3 3 Roberts's b. g. Bachelor . . . . _ Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. - - 3to 1 apt Gorsebush (taken). Three well-contested heats. The Hack Stakes, with 10 sovs. added, were won in two heats by Mr. Weyman's br. m. (T. Davies), beating Mr. Stephens' b. g. by Solicitor, and Mr. Goodwin's The Dun, after a good race. LANCASTER RACES.—TiIIIRSDAT. The Ashton Stakes of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft., with 30 added from the fund, for all ages; three-yrs-old, 6st. 101 b. ; four, Bst. ; five, Bst. 81b. ; six and aged, Bst. 121 b. ; mares an geldings allowed 3lbs. ; a winner once in 183 d, 41bs., twice or more, 71bs. extra. One mile and a dis. Three subs. Lord Stanley's ro. c. Parolles, 4 yrs . Mr. Jaques's ch. c. The Tyrant by St. Nicolas, 3 yrs 2 Betting-2 to lon Parolles, who won easy. The Members' Plate of 701., the gift of Thomas Green and George Martin, Esqrs. ' the Members for the b oroug h, f or a ll ages; three yrs. 6st. 71b. ; four, Bst. 21b. ; fi ve , B s t. 101 b. ; s i x and aged, 9st. ; mares and geldifigs allowed 21bs. Two-mie heats. Lord Eglinton's b. g. the Potentate, 6 yrs Lord Stanley's ro. c. Parolles, 4 yrs Mr. King's br. g. Remnant, 5 yrs Parolles the favourite, and after the first heat 2 to 1 on him. Match for 50 sovs. 9st. ' • two mile heat s —M r . S cott ' s b . g. Eriß go- bragh, beat M r . Cowell's b. g. Black Diatnond, in two heats, after a good race. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 gs. ; three yrs. old, 7st. 51b. ; four, 9st, five, 9st. 111 b. ; six and aged, lest. 21b. Two mile heats. Lord Eglintoun's b. c. St. Martin, 3 yrs KIVUTSFORD RACES.— WEDNESDAY. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, and 25 added, for three years old colts, Bst. 31b ; and fillies, Bst. Winners once in 1838 to cam 3lb, and twice 51b. extra. Two miles. Lord Stanley's Ole Bull Mr. Ogden's Ilarpurhey The Knutsford Stakes (Handicap) of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft., and only sif declared, &c., with 50 sovs. added by the Town. The second saves his stake. Two miles. 15 Subs., 6of whom declared. Lord Eglinton's Black Diamond, 5 yrs, Bst. 61b Lye 1 Mr. Allen's Vesper, 5 yrs, ist. 41b Mr. Collett's Nell Gwynne, aged, Bst. 41b Mr. Griffin's Risk, 5 yrs, 7st. 101 b Betting—Even on Black Diamond, 2 to 1 ag,st Vesper, and 4 to 1 agst Nell Gwynne. Won by a head. Maiden Plate of 50 sovs. ; three vrs, 7st ; four, Bst. 41b ; five and upwards, Bst. 10Ib ; mares and geldings allowed 31b. Two miles. Mr. Thompson's br. c. by Predictor, 3 yrs Lye 1 1 Sir T. Stanley's Bay Talton, 3 yrs 2 2 Mr. Cook's b. f. by Herbert La; Lye sb.f. by Herb,. —icy, 3 yrs 3 3 First heat won by a neck, second cleverly. EDINBURGH RA GES.— TUESDA Y. 50 sovs. given by the Duke of Buccleuch, for any horse. Two miles. Sir James Boswell's Sunbeam, 5 yrs Mr. Hamsay's Luther, 5 yrs ***** 2 1 Mr. Sheriff's Argante, 4 yrs ".. ****** 3 Lord Rosslyn's Brush, 3 yrs ****** 4 The Omniparity Subscription Plate, added to a Sweepstakes of 2 sovs. each, with 30 added by the winner in 1837. The horses to be bona fide the property of Farmers in Scotland, or Non. Commissioned Officers or Privates of any Yeomany Corps also in Scotland, which existed previous to 31st March last. Mr. Sharpe's Oswald, 6 yrs Mr. Laing 1 1 Mr. Montgomery's The Doctor, 4 yrs 2 dr Mr. Cossar's Conservative, aged 3 3 Mr. Curor's Soldier, aged Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas Heats, two miles. Sir J. Boswell's Barletta, 6 yrs Holmes 4 I I ... . . ... Mr. Ramsay's Centurion, 5 yrs Mr. J. Fairlie's Pyramid, 4 yrs Lord Cosslyn's Brush, 3 yrs 2 0 0 • WEDNESDAY. . Gold Cup, in specie, by Subscription of 10 sovs. each. Two miles. Mr. Stirling na. Despot, aged Cartwright 1 Sir J. Hope na. Sunbeam, 5 yrs 2 Mr. Ramsay's Luther, 5 yrs Fifty sovs., given by the Duke of Buccleuch, for horses the pro perty of Farmers residing within the present limits of his Grace's Huut, &c. Heats, once round and a distance. Mr. Laing's Birthday, 5 yrs Mr. Binnie's The Laird's Brother, aged Mr. Begrie's ch. f. by Rocket, 4 yrs.. ... Mr. CuiTor's Cedric, aged 4 3 The Liberal Plate, to be raised by Subscription (in lieu of the City Members' Plate), added to a Stake of 2 sues, each, for horses of all denominations ; the winner to be sold for 200 sovs. if demanded, &c. Heats, once round. Mr. Bell's Swainbv, 5 yrs . Mr. Rainsay's brother to Circassian, 3 yrs Mr. Peter's Slaney 2 4 3 Sir J. Boswell's Aimwell, 3 yrs CURRAGH MULGRAVE MEETING,IVEDNESD.Ar. Sweepstakes of 10 soya., h. ft., with 25 added; second horse to save his stake. Mulgrave mile. Captain Vaughan's Emu, 6 yrs, Bst. 71b Doyle 1 Mr. Disney's Thump, aged, 7st. 111 b Lord Normanby's Gipsy, 5 yrs, Bst. 31b 3 The following also started :—Mr. Knox's Zora, 6 yrs, Bst. 21b ; Colonel Westenra's Blush, 3 vrs, 7st. ilb ; Mr. Montgomery's Cor dova, 4 yrs, 7st. Ilb. —Capt. 13urke's Lightning, 4 yrs, ist. 61b, paid. A very close race between Emu, Thump, and Cordova. 6 to 4 against Emu. First Class of the Normanby Lodge Stakes of 25 sovs., 10 ft., for two yrs old ; colts, Bst. 41b ; fillies, Est ; 31b. allowed to untried stallions or mares, 51b. to both. To run half a mile on the Mul grave Course ; to start at the present starting post. 25 sovs. added, at 3 sovs. each for entrance. Mr. Keegan's Hazard ...Doyle 1 Mr. Watt's Clone Lord Normanby's c. by Skylark Mr. Kane's Ceberus.: Captain Burke's Marauder ... boltec Her Majesty's Plate of 100 gs. ; three yrs, ist ; four yrs, List. 71b; Mb. allowed to mares and geldings. Two miles. Mr. Osborne's Frank, 4 yrs Doyle 1 Mr. Knox's Aladdin, 3 yrs ... 2 Mr. Hutchins's b. c. by Young Lottery 3 The following also started, but were not placed :—Mr. Watt's Croughpatrick, 4 yrs ; Lord Normanby's Lutzow, 3 yrs ; Mr. Holme's Fire, 3 yrs ; Mr. Kelly's Lightning, 4 yrs ; Mr. Fergu son's Diana, 4 yrs; Mr. Barry's Barrymore, 4 yrs; and Mr. Gray don's Ringlet. 3 yrs. 3 to 1 agst Aladdin, 2 to 1 agst Lutzow, and 20 to 1 AQUATICS. ;st Frank. ETON REGATTA.—In consequence of Saturday being the last one in this month, and known among the students of Eton College as "election Saturday," a regatta on a very extensive scale, for which during the last week great preparations had been making at Windsor and Eton, took place pursuant to ancient custom in the evening. The cutters, wher ries, funnies, and other amateur river craft, were manned by youthful aspirants for aquatic fame. All being " Eton boys" attired in splendid theatrical and fancy dress costume, being similar dresses to tinge worn by the scholars at the Monte.n, which tended much to increase the ge neral appearance of the fete, the banks of the river were crowded with spectators, including most of the elite of the surrounding locale; the tout ensemble of which presented a coup d'wil the most pleasing. Tne start took place from Eton bridge, the pull being to Shirley Hall, a dis tance of about five or six miles up the river, where the young gentlemen Partook of an excellent supper. A grand pyrotechnic display, introduc ing several new and appropriate devices, terminated the amusements of the evening. The aquatic fete is similar to that which takes place ou the 4th of June. This day (Monday) the annual speeches, most of which are from, the text of the most celebrated classical authors, will be delivered by several of the students in the large hall or school.room of the college; and, according to a very ancient custom, a young gen tleman will be elected to the University of Cambridge, where he will enter his name at King's College, Hitherto it has been customary for the Sovereign to honour this elocutional display with his or her pre sence, likewise most of the members of the Royal family, and it is anti. cipated on the present occasion that this custom will not be departed from, but that her M m ,Majesty the Q ueen, with her august other, her Royal Highness the Duke of Kent, with several of her royal relations and most of the members of the domestic and foreign cot ps diplomatiqoe at present resident in the metropolis, will attend. The speeches usually commence in the early part of the morning. LATEST BETTING AT MANCHESTER. GOODWOOD STAKES. AUGUST 1. 9 to 2 agst Mr. Osbaldeston's Mahometan—taken 15 to 1 agst Mr. Robertson's Edgar—offered d 2 to I agst Sir G. Heathcote's Valentissimo agst Heron—taken 100 to 40 %iahometan agst Toothill—taken Offers to back the field agst three. c oonwoon c cr. 5 to 1 agst Mr. Ferguson's Harkaway—taken DONCASTER ST. LEGER. 9 to 2 agst Colonel Peel's lon 6 !o I agst Lord Chesterfield's D,.n John 9 to 1 agst Mr. Coombe's Cobham 10 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's D'Egville 11 to I agst Lord G. Bentinck's Grey Momus 14 to l agst Mr. Parkins's Lanercost 100 to 6 agst Mr. Bowes's Appleton Lad THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, JULY 30, 183 g. MR. 0 CONNELL TO THE PEOPLE OF IRELAND. (Concluded from The Sun of Saturday.) And such uncertainty has this additional disadvantage, that the occupier of a decayed house (of itself of little value), will necessarily get credit for a larger sum as against the rating than his neighbour, who may occupy a much better house, re quiring few repairs. In short, Lord Lyndhurst's plan, although it mitigates that of Peel, has this egreeieus disadvantage, that it creates perpetual uncertainty, and gives occasion to the exercise of chicanery, and, above all, of favouritism, on the part of the rating officer, whoever he bc. It is manifest that Lord Lyndhurst, under the pretence of making the rated approach nearer to the real value, intended to create so much confusion and difficulty as to deter persons from taking the trouble of registering themselves at all. And this it is that demonstrates that such was his design—because there are other items which, if credited for, would make the rated value approach nearer the real value, and which is per fectly certain in their nature, and could create no dispute. I mean the Grand Jury and municipal ceases and taxes. These are matters reduced to pounds, shillings, and pence, be tween the payer and the tax collector. At the registry no dispute could arise as to that amount. When Lord Lynd hurst was bringing Peel's rated value nearer to the real value, why did he not adopt the items constituting portions of the difference which were certain and indisputable? Why did he adopt the uncertain and disputable portion? He had both before him : an honest mart might have adopted both ; a candid man would have taken the certain and rejected the un certain. Lord Lyndhurst has rejected the certain and retained the =certain. Let the Irish people now judge of his candour, and above all of his honesty. There is one thing, however, which the House of Lords have placed still more clearly beyond a doubt ; that is, the total fallacy of all Peel's assertion that the rated value and the real value are the same. Look to the schedule and you will find—lstly, columns to ascertain the net or rated value; the columns are arranged thus : First, the gross value—that is, the real value of the pre mises (for example) in the hands of the landlord, unlet and untaxed. Suppose this value to be equal to a rent of, say 50/. per annum, out of this there are no less than twelve de ductions to be made, in order to get at the net or rated value. They are these :—First, the landlord's rates; se condly, the tenants rates ; thirdly, the landlord's taxes ; fourthly, the tenant's taxes; fifthly, the landlord's other public charges; sixthly, the tenant's other public charges; seventhly, landlord's repairs; eighthly, tenant's repairs; ninthly, landlord's insurance; tenthly, tenant's insurance; eleventhly, landlord's other expenses ; twelfthly, tenant's other expenses. These entire twelve classes form twelve dis tinct columns of deductions out of the gross value, before the real or rated is ascertained. Such is the Municipal Reform Bill. The reason of mak ing these twelveleductions is manifestly this :—to make the net or rated value as low as possible, so as to bring it below ten pounds, and thereby deprive the occupier of the franchise. It . can have no other object. It is true that Lord Lyndhurst gives credit to the tenant in the franchise for two out. of these twelve classes, in order to give a semblance of fairness ; but to be just, or honest, or consistent with himself, he ought to give the tenant credit for the other ten. But that would be too fair and too just towards the people of Ireland to come r s a t p sight ica i t l r i n4 i y aii ii b p y p e t a h r i s that u though n gtl,le yet o c h c e u p n i n e within his pi ous Lordship's contemplation. t s a m in a s ne a r p s e n c in u . nier guat sus A ta t in fi s dnt th ca isi a s y n e ot i r n ea b l e ly ing so. ann T u h al e ly po r it t i e c d al i a n t ju th ry e numberpro pdiminished; wh of ich ratepayers.he numb er So each assessed in a proportion, say of 20/. each, they will have to pay only 6d. in the pound ; if each of them was assessed at 101., they would have one shilling in the pound to pay ; the one shillin g i n the latter case, and the sixpence in the former, producing exactly the same sum ; and the lower amount of the sum to be charged with the rate creates no pe cuniary gain or saving, whereas it is intended to effect, and will necessarily effect the political loss of the franchise to multitudes of those at present entitled to rote for Members of Parliament. lam sick-4 am heartily sick of this political juggle and delusion. It is in vain to watch over the cause of Ireland with an uncongenial and unsympathisin g Parliament. Oh, what wretches we were, who did not prefer ten thousand deaths to the extinction of our domestic Legislature. Irish men !_blessed be God—THERE IS A REMEDY. Whenever you are worthy of being a nation again you will be so —you SHALL be so. Unmoistened with tears and unstained with blood was the first assertion of Irish legislative independence. And such, and no other, must be the recovery of our national rights. For I distinctly tell you that every day convinces me more and more that Ireland has no prospect of obtaining jus tice, save from a domestic Legislature. At present she is treated by the predominant faction in England either with open hostility or hypocritical swindling. It is said that there is one consolation—one wretched con solation —namely, that the present class of corporators will at all events be swept away and annihilated for ever. It is quite true the present set of corporators are abandoned by their friends, and dismissed with contemptuous indifference by those whom they have so long supported and sustained. There is a miserable and unmanly comfort - in beholding their deserved fate, and one should pity them if this blow, struck by their friends, could show them the futility, of relying upon faction, and the wisdom_ of adhering to their country, and of seeking her freedom and prosperity. Fellow-countrymen, I have done with the Poor-law Bill for the present. I have done with the Municipal Corporation Bill for the present. Deploring the one, and watching over the progress of the other, constitute my present employment and duty. You may rely upon my utmost care and vigilance. There is another Bill before Parliament of portentous im port to the peace of Ireland—it is the Irish Tithe Bill. It is said that it is calculated to satisfy the Irish people. I neither think it will nor that it ought to satisfy them. It leaves all the enormous abuses of a sinecure Church unreformed and un touched. It leaves the enormous anomaly of a State Church support e d at the expense of an entire people, for one-tenth only of the population. There is no country in the world in which such an enor mous anomaly exists, save Ireland. In Ireland nine-tenths of the people are compelled to contribute to the Church of one -tenth. The new Bill does nothing but change the name of the tithe composition into rent-charge, and give to the landlords twenty-five per cent. for the change of name. It can never be accepted of as an instalment of the justice due to Ireland. I am quite content to go through the experiment of its con ciliatory powers, if such it have ; but, strongly impressed as I am with the doctrine of accepting instalments, yet I cannot conside r , and therefore cannot designate this as an instalment, or an approach to an instalment, of the rightful app ropr i at i on of the public p ro perty. One advantage, however, has I h o p e , b een gained. A considerable grant of money has been made by the House of Common s to e xtinguish the arrears of tithes, and terminate, if possible, the ravages of rebellion-ruffians and other tithe exactors. Whatever merit there may be in this arrangement, I am en. titled to claim that it originated with me. If I have been ice to my count-) men, I sh a ll h ave that con able to do any sera solatio n which could not be compensated for by professional rank, judicial station or e molument. Fellow-countrymen !—I close this lengthened epistle with out having expressed half the sentiments upon these topics with which my heart is full to law burst ß it i its. W e are derided, jured, insulted. The Poor- l, purpo r ti ng to be for charity, is turned into a national oppressio n , an d i nto an in strument for _ the extinction of our political ri g h ts . The Municipa • I Corporations Bill is converted i n t o a na tional mockery and a us delusion. And the Tithe Bill seeks but to perpetuate in another form a system o f ecclesiastical polity worse than any that ever was imposed by the Mahometan sword on Grecian vass a l s . Sh all I be asked, then, w h e ther my experim en t t o p rocure justice from come end ?—whether the time h as not England is at an to proclaim as a first duty the never-again-to-be-abandoned agi tation f or the Repeal? My answer is prompt. NO. Th e ex periment has not been as yet completed. There are sources of consolation and of hope as yet unexhausted. In the first place, there is upon the throne a highly educated being, full of all the generosity and kindness belonging to her youth and to her gentle sex ; totally devoid of that pre judice against the Irish people, which was hitherto the cha racteristic of the monarchs of the Brunswick race. Anxious for the liberty and prosperity of the Irish people, as they are devoted in their aspirations for the glory and happiness of her reign. Yes. We must never despair, whilst our youthful sovereign countenances the friends, and keeps from power the enemies of Ireland. Secondly, the Executive Govern ment of Ireland is almost all that we could wish. It is not in human nature to be perfect, and, therefore, there must needs be some errors and mistakes in the Irish Government. But take the Marquis of Normanby for all in all, and he has so tho roughly deserved the esteem and won the affections of the Irish people, that my hope for justice to Ireland, and my expe riment to obtain it without agitating the repeal, cannot possi bly, as I believe, terminate, so long as the Marquis of Nor manby continues to be Viceroy of Ireland. Thirdly, there is a large, and I believe, an increasing portion of the English people, awakening to a sense of the injustice that is offered us. From this wise and patriotic body (though, alas I they form a minority,) something, nay, much may be expected. I cannot, for the present, relinquish the hope with which this class of excellent and intelligent Englishmen inspires me. Fellow -countrymen, ours is a lovely land. Nature has showered her choicest blessings on her fertile plains and her green valleys, her majestic mountains, and her mighty waters. It is a land to love and to struggle for ; the suggle of peaceable but determined men ; of men faithful in every extremity of ill, and devoted to martyrdom for the liberty of the land of their birth. Amongst those who prefer-the rights of Ireland to every other consideratio n , w i ll, while lite continues, remain your ever faithful and devoted servant, London, July 25, DANIEL O'CONNELL. . . NEW ZEALAND._. Mr. Polack's " New Zealand," comprising a Narrative of his Travels and Adventures during a resi. dence in that country f rom the year 183 t to 107, is now before the public. At a peri o d , says the Literati/ Gazelle, when New Zealand de. servettly occupies so much public attention, when, perhaps, the happi. !Jess or misery of it s people may be shaped by the measures pursued in settling E itis tinglish colo n , putt the island, and prescribing rules for inter. course with the n a ti v e s, we are glad to see a genuine and straightforward narrative like this. It is full of interesting matter, and supplies infer. Illation of great value as regards the fate of a numerous race emerging from barbarism, and open to every external impression. Numerous engravings, illustrative of scenery, ccstume, and manners, embellish the w k CARNARVON ADDRESS. TO THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. MOST GRACIOI'S SOVEREIGN, In these moments of ithivpisal enthusiasm, when every eye is turned towards your Majesty, and every heart thrills with delight, we, the inhabitants of the town of Carnarvon and its neighbourhood, humbly approach your Royal presence, to lay at your feet the renewed assurances of our unalterable confi dence and affection. A few days ago it was our privilege to celebrate the volun tary and solemn interchange of vows between your Majesty and your assembled subjects. The capital then gathered all its beauty and all its chivalry : the most generous sons and the noblest daughters of the realm poured forth to the august festival ; and whilst every other part of the empire rang with shouts of exultation, our own romantic mountains took up the joyful sound ; and we can assure your Majesty that the people —that people who never forget that they have been honoured with your presence, and with the presence of your illustrious mother among them--were not wanting in the expressions of their gratitude, and their attachment. Convinced as we are, that beneath your Majesty's gentle sway, the laws will be administered in a mild and merciful spirit, and the balance of justice be held with a firm and un trembling hand, we know that your Majesty will make it the cherished object of your care to protect all classes of your sub . jects in the free exercise of their rights, and to shed around you, on every side, the light of peace and liberty and happi nes.; ; so that Britain may still ma i nta i n i ts prece d ence i n teaching the nations of the earth how to flourish. Again, most gracious Princess ! we pledge ourselves to guard your throne with our warmest, our most jealous, most devoted love. We ask of heaven, in fervent prayer, that a life so inestimable may be protracted to a distant period ; and words cannot describe the pleasure with which we dwell upon the hope that your Majesty's fondest wishes may be more than realized, and that your name may be written on the page of history in characters of imperishable glory. Signed in behalf of a Public Meeting of the Inhabitants, JOHN MORGAN, Mayor. MR. BARLOW MOORE AND THE COAST GUARD. The investigation into the particulars of this remarkable case has terminated. The following account comprehends all the strong features of the evidence : On Tuesday, the lith of July, Mr. Barlow Moore having received a letter from Mr. Dowding, Surveyor-General of Customs, requesting his .attendance at Gravesend, immedi ately obeyed the summons. The Court consisted of C. Dowding, Esq., Surveyor-General, Captain Sparshott, and a gentleman named Leman, who acted as Secretary. When he entered the room at the Custom-house, in which the investi gation was to take place, three gentlemen_olr. Pigou, who accompanied him in the yacht when she was fired at, Mr. Meeson, and Mr. Ritch►e) went in with him, but retired at the desire of the Court. He was then called upon to make his statement of the complaint referred to in his memorial, and he repeated all that has already been before the public, with some further details, and having been sworn, at the desire of Captain Tucker, the Superintendent of the Coast Guard, who, with Lieutenant Parkes, attended and examined him and all the other witnesses in the course of the inquiry, he went over the same ground. Captain Tucker then commenced questioning Mr. Moore from voluminous memoranda which he held in iris hand. The object of the numerous questions put by Captain Tucker was to prove that he had acted with courtesy and forbearance towards Mr. Moore in the exercise of his duty, and that in the conversations alluded t0....he had particularly cautioned Mr. Moore against sailing the yacht below Gravesend until that gentleman should have taken out fresh papers at the Custom house in London ; and he also endeavoured to show that Mr. Moore had acted in defiance of the caution and advice which had been given. Mr. Moore's replies aimed at exhibiting the fact that Captain Tucker had acted towards him most uncour. tcously, and with a design to entrap him. Captain Tucker declared at this point of the investigation that he had re ceived information against the vessel and against her papers, as well as against Pleyel, whom Mr. Moore had taken into his service. On Wednesday Mr. Moore was examined by Captain Tucker, who opened with a statement that he had received information against the vessel for having " secret places." The examination principally related to the charge of boarding and rummaging. Captain Sparshott then read from the Times that part of the Mansion -house report in which Me. Moore was represented as having said that he thought he was fired at by Captain Tucker's orders. Mr. Moore observed " thet that assertion must stand exactly as it appeared in the paper." Captain Sparshott said, " We shall show that Captain Tucker was not on the station." " Then," said Mr. Moore, "on that point we are directly and irreconcileably at issue." On Thursday Mr. Moore was again under question as to the proceedings when the yacht returned to Clitf station, and was boarded by Lieutenant Parkes and his boat's crew. On Friday Pleyel, Mr. Moore's man, was examined. The balls, he said, came close about the vessel when the Coast Guard galley was within half a mile of her. He heard them whistle, and would not go aloft to set the top-sail, lest they should hit him, but went below. Mr. Pigou stooped ; the balls seemed to drop astern of the yacht, and there might have been thirty or forty, or fifty, or more fired. The Coast Guard had often come aboard and sometimes alongside, be tween the 23d of June and 11th of July; about three shots struck the water, four or five fathoms from the yacht, and he heard two or three whistle. The bullets fell on the lee quarter larboard. Mr. Pigou, who accompanied Mr. Moore, was next exa mined. He stated that he took the helm after breakfast ; he heard some firing, of which he took no notice, as ho was not aware from whence it proceeded, and did not think it was in tended for the yacht. In a short time Mr. Moore, who was below, said, as he concluded, in a joke, " How do you find your hat sit upon your head ? Do you know that sounds very much like a ball whistling through our rigging ?" The reports still continued, and witness observed one shot strike the water near the larboard quarter of the vessel. They then became aware that the firing was directed at the yacht. On Saturday the examination of Mr. Pigou was resumed. The witness stated, in answer to questions put by Lieutenant Parkes, that the first question the Lieutenant asked in stepping on board the yacht was for the production of the papers. They were not produced. The impression on witness's mind was, that it was in consequence of the informality of the papers that the seizure would be justified. He was not aware at what moment Lieutenant Parkes made any allusion to Pleyel, but before he left the vessel he certainly stated that Pleyel had been engaged in smuggling. James Dixon, boatman on the Coast Guard Cliff station, was then called, and desired by the Court to make his state ment, which he did nearly as follows :—On or about ten o'clock on the 11th inst. the boat was ordered to be manned to board a hatch boat, which was proved to be the yacht, and if the papers were not correct to bring them (the papers) ashore, but not to detain the vessel, but let her proceed on. When we got into the boat she was from three-quarters to a mile ahead of us. We followed about ten minutes or a quarter of an hour, and fired a blank cartridge. Still she would not heave to, and was gaining ground on us, when we fired a ball cartridge. We fired till we fired fourteen ball cartridges, and when we found we could not come up with her at all wo gave up the chase, and the man in charge of the boat thought it best to return to his own station ; and seeing several vessels coming up the River we boarded a few of them and then re turned to the station. We had been about a quarter of an hour on board the watch vessel when the yacht appeared in sight again coming up the River, and we were ordered to go on board of her and examine her papers. The man in charge of our boat asked the gentleman for a sight of his papers. The reply was, " If you wish to see my papers you may go to Greenhithe for them." The man in charge said, " Then I must detain your vessel until I send for my chief officer." I and George Woodroffe were left aboard the time the boat was gone for the chief officer. I said to the gentleman, " Sir, it is very strange that .you did not see us firing after the ves sel." The gentleman said, " Oh, it was us you were firing at! Upon my honour and soul, as an Englishman, I would sooner be shot before I'd heave to." This was all the gentle man said to me. Here there was a long discussion as to ownership. John Fulcher, commissioned boatman, examined—He stated that Captain Tucker gave orders to overhaul the yacht every time she came up, but he did not know what for. He gave her a thorough good rummage himself on th e f ore part, and the chief boatman rummaged the after part. The,object was to look after contraband goods. He did not expect to find any, nor did he find any. He looked in every place that he could move or open, and could find no concealments, nor anything more than belonged to the vessel. James Atkins, commander of the Fly revenue cruiser, ex amined—He had been in the revenue service in and about the Thames nearly 15 years, and he said it %as the practice to fire ball cartridges to bring vessels to if th !y did not heave-to after a blank cartridge had been fired. John Sutton; commander of the Sylph revenue tender, and 13 years in the service, gave similar evidence. It was the pract►ce of the revenue service to fire ball if a vessel did not heave-to ; and he had very often boarded vessels going down the river. Was aware that George Waters, now under his command, was for some time in Mr. Moore's service, and could, if he liked, give every i►,formation respecting, Mr. Moore and his habits of sailings. Was aware also that Dern, his boatswain, married a woman who was for some time in the service of Mr. Moore's family. George Coates, mariner on board the Sylph examined.—. He was in Mr. Moore's service fifteen months, and during that time had had every opportunity of judging of that gentleman's habits in sailing ; 'was sure that Mr. Moore hid nothing to do with smuggling while he was with him, and thought if Mr. Moore had had anything to do with it since he mint have heard of the fact. Mr. Moore. —And had you known anythinz of the kind would you have reported it? Witness.—Yes, Sir, it was my duty. Mr. Dowpixa.—Do you know something of the con struction of Mr. Moore's yacht ?—.Yes. Q. --Do you know what is meant by concealment on board a vessel? A.—Yes. Q.—When you left Mr. Moore's service was there any such concealment on board his vessel ? A.—No, not any con cealment. . --- • Q.—Have you been on board her since she came afloat this season? A.—Yes. Q.-45 she in the same state below that she was in when you were in his service ?—A.—Yes, Sir. Here this long and most oddly-conducted case was brought to a close. We understand that the whole of the evidence will be transmitted to Lord John Russell, and that early in -t h e ensuing week the subject will be again alluded to in I went - On Its , 7:th day ef December, 1 537, your Cemmittc.-c - w.:rc appointed under the following order of reference, by which they have carefully governed all their proceedings : " Resolved —That a Select Committee be appointed to inquire how far pensions granted in virtue of Ist of Wiliam IV., c 24, and charged on the Civil List; and in virtue of 2d and 3d of William I V., c. 116. and charged on the Consolidated Fund, ought to be continued, having due regard to the just claims of the parties, and to economy in the pt b in: expenditure." In carrying on their inquiries your Conimittee hare had under consi. deration every pension granted by the Crown, whether chargeable en the Civil Lists of England, Scotland, or Ireland, or the four.and.a.half per cent. duties; and, with the exception of some few cases, where, from the absence of the parties from England, they have not obtained the information required, they have been enabled to obtain explanations on the subject of each separate pension, Different courses might have been contemplated by your Committee, either to consider such cases only as were challenged by some distinct objection, or to call fur evidence in support of each particular grant. The one would have been unsatisfactory to the House and to the country, as it might have raised the supposition that pensions objectionable in them. selves were allowed to pass without question or inquiry ; dor would such a course have been, in the judgment of your Committee, consistent with the duties entrusted to them; the other would have caused an almost interminable inquiry, and might have acted with severity and hardship in many cases. The course followed by your Committee was one which appeared to them to avoid these two objections. It was as follows : In order to facilitate the proceedings of your Committee, a circular letter was addressed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer to the persons entitled to civil list pensions, of which your Committee insert a copy :-- " Downing-street, Nov. 24. " As it will be my duty in the early part of the present Session to move for a Committee to inquire how far the existing pensions ought to be continued, having due regard to the just claims of the parties and to economy in the public expenditure,' I take the liberty of addressing you on the subject. " As statements and inquiries may be made in that Committee with respect to the original grant of such pensions, or the circumstances now attending them, to which the parties interested may have the means of giving a satisfactory reply, and as much of misapprehension on there subjects has prevailed, which a reference to the facts of the case may remove, I am most anxious to express to the parties interested not only my willingness, but my anxiety to be favoured by them (if they shall so think fit) with any information which they shall feel it desirable to sub.. mit to the Committee through me. I make this communication with the view of saving the parties from any trouble, anxiety, or inconve nience which it may be in my power to avert. " When the House of Commons undertook an inquiry into the exist_ ing sinecures, I wrote a letter to the same effect with the present to the several parties Interested, and the facts and explanations which were then given me enabled me to remove misconceptions which had ope_ stated to the prejudice of some of the holeers ofthe offices under exami nation. Should my present communication lead to the same result, it will be gratifying to me. " In respect to the extent or nature of the information which may be sought for by the Committee, it would be extremely presumptuous on nay part to express an opinion; but I take the liberty of advertine in the declaratory words of Mr. Burke's Act (22d of Geo. lll.;cap.-82), in which it is expressly stated that it is no disparagement for any persons to be relieved by the royal bounty in their distress, or for their desert, but, on the contrary, it is honourable on just cause to be thought worthy of such reward.' In all cases (and lam well aware that such cases are numerous) when the origin of these grants can be traced to the s;;oblie service of the parties, their families or relations, or to oth: a cau ses creating a just claim 011 the bounty of the Crown, it will be *,most desirable that these cases should be stated in order to afford th% m oat co nc l us i ve and satisfactory information to the Committee. " I must again repeat that the object of this 'letter is to afford the parties interested the greatest facility in 11140,g •zany statement which they may be desirous of submitting in reps'y to objections either to the grant or the continuance of their pens;.un,, and that in doing so I am far from expressing any o p inio n vi 'Alt respect to the course which the proposed Committee are likely, .to pursue. I have not felt it fr,:at to make this an official application, and any reply with which I - way be favoured shall (if the parties so desire it) be consi,tered light of a private letter. I have the honour to be your ',eV!, bliedient and very humble servant, " SPRING R ICE." The answers t o th ese inquiries, with the exception of those few which were strictly confidential, were communicated to your Committee, and further inquiries were made where such investigations appeared neces , sary ; in every case, whatever collateral information could be furnished by the public departments o;' the Government was immediately procured. Your Committee feel it to be no more than their duty to state, that but for these preliminary inquiries and arrangements it would have been ex tremely difficult for them to have executed the duties entrusted to them by the House; at the same time they take this opportunity of suggest ing that if the original warrants, patents, or grants had set forth the claims of the several pensioners, and the reasons which induced the re commendation of the pension, a condition easily performed where well. merited pensions only are recommended to the Crown, their difficulties would have been infinitely lessened, if not entirely obviated. When the House consider the periods at which several of these pen sions were granted, and connect with those dates the state of the law and of the practice which has been already explained in the earlier pages of this report, they will not be surprised to find that a much more lax and careless system was applied in former than in latter times. The opera tion of the Superannuation Act, the grant of retired allowances, the naval and military pensions granted tbr good services, the pensions granted by the 57th of George 111., c. 65, for persons who have occupied high political offices, and the pensions for diplomatic and consular services, have to a great extent superseded one of the original purposes of the pension list. These Acts have also substituted a strictly defined and regulated system of reward for a System which depended on the arbitrary selection of the Crown, or the recommendation of the existing Govern.. ment, exposed to the bias of party or personal considerations. Your Committee have also found that in the proportion as grants were local in their nature responsibility was less felt, and the facilities of abuse were augmented. Thus the distribution of pensions in Scot'and and in Ireland was made more carelessly than in Eng- Lind. The same principle applied its a certain degree to the grants on the Four-and a-Half per cent, duties. The pensions for life by patent in the Irish list are similar in principle. With respect to these your Committee have had before them the opinions of the Attorney and Solicitor-General for England, and the Attorney-General for Ireland, which affirm that such grants were legal and binding, and consequently ought not to be disturbed. Where grants of this kind have been legally made and are legally operative, your Committee con.- skier that the economical benefit to be derived from the reduction of a few questionable pensions would be but an imperfect compensation for the evil effects of disturbing those important principles on which are founded the permanence and security of all property, Your Committee are anxious to impress upon the House that, in per. forming the duty assigned to them, they have constantly borne in mind that the question referred to them was the continuance or discontinu ance of pensions already granted. They have felt that this question re. (mired to be dealt with on very different principles from those which would have been - applicable to these grants if proposed for the first time; because your Committee felt bound to consider, not only the original merits and claims of the several parties, but also the expectations which they might have entertaincd of the continuance of the bounty of the Crown, and the distress in which they might be involved by the with. drawal of that which constituted in very many cases the whole, or the greater part of their means. Acting on these principles, your Committee have in many cases felt themselves justified by giving considerable weight to family settlements, whether by will or otherwise, in which pensions have been treated as a fund for permanent arrangements, or have been mortgaged or transferred for a valuable consideration. Nor has the age of your pensioners been overlooked, your Committee having, in very many instances, considered it more advisable that the public should await the natural termination of the grant by time, than anticipate such an event where the person is far advanced in life. In conducting their inquiries upon these principles your Committee consi. der they are fulfilling the intentions of the House as expressed by the or der of reference, which directed them to have "due regard to the just claims of the several parties." Your Committee deem it expedient to make this explanatory statement, in order not only to show the grounds on which their recommendations rest, but to guard themselves against the inference that they have given their sanction to the principles on which many of the pension* were granted which remain undisturbed. On the contrary, your Committee explicitly disclose, that although they have not felt justified in recommending the discontinuance of some ob. jectionable grants, they distinctly express their satisfaction that no pen. sion can be granted hereafter, but in accordance with the resolution of the House of Commons in 1834, and the Civil List Act of the present reign. At the commencement of their inquiries it appeared to your Com mittee that the Pension-list might be generally considered under two respective heads :-1. Pensions granted exclusively for service. 2. Pen sions granted as marks of Royal bounty for the relief of distress. With respi ct to the first, after much consideration, they determined that an inquiry into the private and pecuniary circumstances of the several Parties was not requisite, as it appeared to them that if real and merit°_ tious services had been rendered, the wealth or poverty of the parties does not vary the obligations which they have conferred on the Crown or on the public; but where the origin of the grant was traceable to the necessities of the pensioners, it did not appear either harsh or unjust, but, on the contrary, that it was the strict duty of the Committee to,in quire whether the causes which originally produced and justified the grant still continued to exist. Your Committee found, in the progress of their investigations, that a variety of mixed cases presented themselves, in which the services of the pensioner or of some immediate relative, combined with narrow and limited means, formed the justification of the original grant. To these cases your Committee have applied much labour and attention, and have endeavoured, to decide upon each in a liberal spirit, but not with.. out the most careful examination into the peculiar grounds upon whirls each separate grant could either be objected to or defended. Your Committee subjoin to this report a list of all the existing pen.. sions referred to them by the House. They have classed them under the following heads, where they are connected with particular branches of the public service, or capable of being traced to an origin admitting of such arrangements:- 1. Army, 2. Navy, included in one class; 3. Diplomatic; 4. Judi. cial and Legal; 5. Political; 6. Civil and Revenue; 7. Colonial; S. Services to Royal Family and in household ; 9. Rewards for literary and scientific attainments; 10. Royal bounty and charity; 11. Compensa tion for forfeited estates ; 12. Miscellaneous, not included as above. Your Committee trust that the explanations given in the appendix will appear to the House clear and satisfactory, and they are enabled to state with confidence that no efforts on their part have been omitted which could ensure its accuracy and precision. It is formed from the information laid before them, excluding that portion which was confi fidentially communicated, and which, as it relatedto the private eircum. stances of the several parties, your Committee feel assured the House would neither expect nor desire to see made matters of public disclosure. Your Committee have the satisfaction to state to the House that the following pensions have been resigned, and, consequently, cease to be any charge upon thepublic : Aston, Lord; Auckland, Lord (ceased to be received on Lord Auckland's appointment to the Board of Trade in 1830) ; Borens. Lady Catherine; Bradshaw, Augustus; Bromley, Lady Louisa; Car. marthen, Marchiones s o f ; C ranstoun, Lord ; Bouverie, Lady F rances ; Dalrymple, Elizabeth ; Drummond, Thomas (surrendered whilst Under Secretary for - Ireland) ; Elphinstone, (Lord (surrendered on appoint_riet - ment to Madras); Gr an t, C a th er i ne; —, Anne; --Ha Lushington Gray, Lady; Hunter, Si r Ri c h ar d ; fl a y, Lady Hon. F. ; Lennox, Lady Sophia ; Parnell, Jane;ady Caroline; Strang. ford, Viscount. • irc g u r ni an s t t ed an , ces eith of er t s h p e ec v i a fi r e t a ies lly . or I rn n a c i a n s l e y s n w h c o e n r e s e p q e u n e s n i c o i : s of wtehree narrow n a l c l h and such circumstances remain unaltered, youiraCtio.inmsnoif the pensioner s Committee havefo degreesund some instances which the near collateral relations arepeirsons of wealthatio and station, on such relations to provide for th e support of the sio ob grants should be withheld, you r C ommittee abstain from recommenlign for ult,hpoourtg. As not your withi n Committee those. have no en means nerse if ding a discontinuance of such pe ns i on. In some of those cases the relatives have taken on th emselves the p a y ment of the pensioners these ng su ms hitherto rec eived from the State, but ot h ers have not done so; and your Committee feel it their duty to express their decided opinion that whe orded re do itseis relati ain onsh tly connexions and where tn eans of support may that appi to f ication for relief should be mad e. , and not to th e pu b l i c purse . , Y o ur Committee have placed in a separate class certain pensionst-- be aff, which, in their judgment, should for the present be suspended, and. • should only be regranted on the responsibility of the GovernmentOol , case the circumstances of the parties require it, when the partictilar contingency arises which may render such pension hereafter necessary. The majority of these cases are those of ladies who, during the life time of their husbands, do not stand in need of those pensions, but to REPORT :-OF THE PENSION COM MITTEE.